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| narrator in a non-first person novel | ||
| story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable | ||
| a writer's or speaker's choice of words | ||
| The use of disturbing themes in comedy. | ||
| a word that is used to stand for something else that it has attributes of or is associated with | ||
| an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive | ||
| excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy | ||
| (logic) a self-contradiction | ||
| The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense or appropriate to only one. "He held his breath and the door for me." Zuegma is two like things while Syllepsis is two unlike things. | ||
| To swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will | ||
| excessive praise or admiration | ||
| (v.) to seize and hold a position by force or without right | ||
| habitually reserved and uncommunicative | ||
| a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | ||
| (adj.) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic | ||
| to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner | ||
| concerned with practical matters | ||
| to express disapproval of | ||
| purification that brings emotional relief or renewal | ||
| sincerity; openness |
